Meanings
alternative Bosnia and Herzegovinan · alternative Bosnia-Herzegovinan · alternative Bosnia-Herzegovinian
- not comparableOf, from, or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[…]being made in Bosnia and Herzegovinian order to carry out the SDS programme.
1997, Global War Crimes Tribunal Collection: The Rwanda Tribunal, page 1542 more examples
Since the objectives and policies of the new occupiers were directly opposed to the interests and aspirations of the Bosnia and Herzegovinian populations, the whole period of Austro-Hungarian administration, until the downfall of the Monarchy, was marked by continuous conflicts between the foreign administrators and the people.
1977, Facts about Socialist Republic Bosnia-Herzegovina, page 15Serbs have occupied UN protected areas in eastern Croatia and along the western Bosnia and Herzegovinian border;[…]
1994, The World Factbook, page 99
plural Bosnia and Herzegovinians · alternative Bosnia and Herzegovinan · alternative Bosnia-Herzegovinan · alternative Bosnia-Herzegovinian
- A person from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia and Herzegovinians generally take life a bit slower than the Western world.
2007, Tim Clancy, “Practical Information”, in Bosnia & Herzegovina: The Bradt Travel Guide, 2nd edition, Bradt Travel Guides Ltd; The Globe Pequot Press Inc, →ISBN, part one (General Information), page 912 more examples
I was greatly encouraged by this positive reaction: it is clear that the vast majority of Bosnia and Herzegovinians – particularly the young – do not want to live in mono-ethnic ghettos, but accept the Western European principle of multi-ethnic ‘live and let live,’ despite the terrible war.
2000, The World Today, page 24From a post-conflict statebuilding perspective the problem is that this hierarchy of priorities that places the return of a particular ethnic group to their homes above and beyond other critical issues facing all Bosnia and Herzegovinians, regardless of ethnicity, suggests a lowered commitment by the Church towards the state.
2015, Denis Dragovic, Religion and Post-Conflict Statebuilding: Roman Catholic and Sunni Islamic Perspectives (Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict), Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans Bosnies-Herzegowinies
- Bosnies-Herzegowiniesof, from, or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina
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